Dry and wet-peaking tower cooling systems for power plant application
- Hudson Products Corp., Houston, TX
A new concept of power plant heat-sink system is presented which employs the combination of a conventional wet-tower and a conventional dry-tower. The purpose of this cooling system is to reduce wet cooling-tower makeup-water requirements in water-short areas. The dry tower operates all year around while the wet-peaking tower is used only above certain ambient dry-bulb temperatures. The two cooling circuits serve separate sections of a conventional, surface-type, steam condenser. Thermal performance analysis is presented for various combinations of cooling systems ranging from 100 percent wet to 100 percent dry. Annual makeup-water requirements are calculated for various sizes of towers located in 18 selected cities of the U.S.A. ranging from north to south and east to west.
- OSTI ID:
- 7353838
- Journal Information:
- J. Eng. Power; (United States), Journal Name: J. Eng. Power; (United States) Vol. 98:3; ISSN JEPOA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CLOSED-CYCLE COOLING SYSTEMS
CONSUMPTION RATES
COOLING SYSTEMS
COOLING TOWERS
COST
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
FEEDWATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
OPEN-CYCLE COOLING SYSTEMS
OPERATION
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
POWER PLANTS
THERMAL EFFICIENCY
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
WATER